Auto News by Pooja Chatterjee

After a gap of three months, Honda City re-entered the top 10 selling cars list in February 2017 and stood at tenth position. The car sold 6,318 units as against 4,880 units during February 2016, thereby posting a growth of 29 percent.

When compared with January 2016, Honda City and Hyundai Creta failed to make it to the top ten selling passenger vehicles list this time. Instead Maruti Suzuki’s Vitara Brezza and Omni featured in the list.

Electricity is a problem in many states; major power cuts are an issue industries face. Though national grid is now allowing buying and selling of power, yet widely differing tariff rates creates a problem.

Driven by the hugely successful Kwid small car, Renault overtook Ford with a nearly two-and-half-fold expansion and came close to unseating Toyota from the sixth spot, but ended less than 2,000 units short of the Japanese rival.

Vishnu Mathur, Director General, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), said, "The 18.66 percent decline is highest ever in last 15-16 years. This kind of magnitude last happened in December 2000."

The Indian automobile industry ended the calendar year 2016 in a mixed note. During 2016, Indian automakers bagged some of the major milestones. Take a look at some of these successes achieved by automakers.

Honda City’s sales dropped below 3000 units for the first time in November 2016 which continued till last month. The carmaker sold 2,658 units of Honda City in November 2016 and 2,898 units in December.

Galaxy Office Automation, which is looking forward to partnerships with manufacturing companies for security solutions, expects a steady growth in its automotive sector unit. Currently, the unit adds 30-35 percent of the company’s total sales.

In fact, segment leaders like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hero MotoCorp have reported de-growth of 34.3 per cent, 45 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively giving a clear indication of a prolonged slowdown in the sector.